Gymnastics....

Gymnastics turned out to be a hit! It was at a real gym club with all of the big kid equipment as well as little kid stuff like a ball pit, train tunnel, and treehouse. When we got there Paige obviously assumed that the stuff she recognized as fun would be what we would be doing. So she made a beeline for the little kid equipment. When we found our class and I told her we had a class with an instructor she was fine to stay with the group. I think that swimming lessons has helped her to understand this concept. After doing a "warm up" we started to follow a circuit that was laid out involving climbing up inclines, across balance beams, jumping on little trampolines and through tunnels. She did a "handstand" and swung on the parallel bars. There was also a super long trampoline, maybe 10 meters or so, and very narrow. The objective was to do jump steps all the way across it. I haven't been on a trampoline in so long and I tell ya, I wanted to go nuts! But I held Paige's hand and she kind of galloped across and then let go of my hand and ran yelling across it until she fell. I think what helped keep the class in line, was that in the middle of the class they got a chance to play with the little kid equipment for 5 minutes or so to get that out of their system before starting up with the next circuit. At the end of the class we chased hula hoops around and did a warm down song. I think it was fun, and I hope she continues to cooperate in the class. The only thing I can see happening is her remembering certain things she didn't like doing the first time, and refusing to do them the second class. She went along with the parallel bars swing at first since she didn't know what it was, but then she didn't like it.